NJ
Neil Jones
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NJ
Neil Jones
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…and finally
On TV Forum highlights over the years, I really appreciated discussion we've had previously on the ITV Circuits, as in how programmes get to and from each ITV company. I'd heard the continuity announcers say at the time saying something "well we seem to have lost <whatever's just fallen off the air>, we'll try and get it back for you, in the meantime here's some music", and it wasn't until it was mentioned on here that you realised "get it back for you" was far closer to the truth than you otherwise would have thought. A fun logistical operation.
NJ
Thank you Asa. Thank you everybody else, I have learnt a lot. Shame it has to end, but nothing lasts forever.
Neil Jones
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…and finally
Sorry to hear this, TV Forum is possibly the only site I've been a continuous member and regular contributor to. Most sites I join and only post off and on. This one was the opposite. It has been a joy.Thank you Asa. Thank you everybody else, I have learnt a lot. Shame it has to end, but nothing lasts forever.
NJ
I just can’t imagine many people would record Sky News tbh; if you wanted to watch back the Budget later surely most people would seek it out On Demand somewhere.
The late Sir Bruce Forsyth used to tape PMQs, and described it as "pure vaudeville".
Neil Jones
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The Sky News Thread
I get these are all live events, but I think they could have done a better job of managing what the EPG says. Anyone who may have recorded a budget programme is actually getting a lot more Nicola Sturgeon than expected, likewise anyone who tapes PMQs!
I just can’t imagine many people would record Sky News tbh; if you wanted to watch back the Budget later surely most people would seek it out On Demand somewhere.
The late Sir Bruce Forsyth used to tape PMQs, and described it as "pure vaudeville".
NJ
Neil Jones
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YouTube Gold
Makes one wonder what we all loved about him. As I say, the act basically boils down to trashing the joint, which has two outcomes - if its accidental it's often funny. If its deliberate it often isn't. Blobby fell into the latter pigeon hole after a while. And then when they started fleshing him out a bit more (cue Mrs Blobby and Baby Blobby) it just became a tiresome excuse to "blob" everything, with endless puns and whatever else. Surprised they didn't go and build a full back story for him in the end, as they did everything else!
NJ
... and breathe.
Anyway CBBC doesn't stop and end at Tracy Beaker, even if it feels like it sometimes.
Neil Jones
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CBBC Channel
i think it's disgusting there wanting to revert it back as i think it's been a success they've brought back The Story of Tracy Beaker in that slot and these alot to it and kids enjoy watching shows like the next step from the beginning and that etc... and CITV also go till 9pm and come on who really cares about BBC3 anymore cause i don't not as a tv channel you might well say they only got rid of it to save bit of money and now they want to bring it back but wait till tv license goes then it be gone again i bet ya
... and breathe.
Anyway CBBC doesn't stop and end at Tracy Beaker, even if it feels like it sometimes.
NJ
) he had pretty much been away long enough to stop being irritating, but of course a leopard doesn't change its spots, and neither did Mr Blobby.
I liked him at the time in the 1990s but realistically outside of House Party he was a bit of a lost sheep. Still you know you're popular if you get number 1 in the UK charts. Especially at Christmas 1993.
Neil Jones
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The entire Blobby thing became tiresome after a while, as the joke became repetitive and was pretty much bordering on one trick pony territory - if Blobby didn't fall over, break something or have an argument with Noel he'd trash the place instead. Unfortunately on the occasions where he appeared outside of the House Party (and I mean totally outside of it, not as an insert), that's all he did - trash the place, as that was pretty much the entire act. By the time he'd started appearing on TV Burp (and had a fight with Phil Mitchell over who was best at crashing through doors) he had pretty much been away long enough to stop being irritating, but of course a leopard doesn't change its spots, and neither did Mr Blobby.
I liked him at the time in the 1990s but realistically outside of House Party he was a bit of a lost sheep. Still you know you're popular if you get number 1 in the UK charts. Especially at Christmas 1993.
NJ
The 90% figure was new content made in the UK, and as expected it would have an annual quota of hours. Most of this would have only aired before, say, midnight, as the channel, much like BBC Four now, is full of repeats of content aired earlier in the night.
Anyway Family Guy started on Channel 4, then moved to BBC Two before it settled on BBC Three, I don't know why it moved to BBC Three, perhaps it just seemed a better home for it. Think American Dad was the same. There was a pattern to the Family Guy repeats, as I think they could only air them so many times a week, so most double bills ended up repeated later in the week (2 nights gap IIRC, so Monday's episodes appeared again on Wednesday ) and on the weekend, the so-called stacks which was basically an omnibus in everything but name of that week's episodes.
Neil Jones
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BBC Three channel to return in January 2022
The problem for BBC Three before was that it needed to show a very high amount of original programming, including news and documentaries when it launched... obviously this must have decreased over the years with the amount of family guy & American dad that was shown.
The 90% figure was new content made in the UK, and as expected it would have an annual quota of hours. Most of this would have only aired before, say, midnight, as the channel, much like BBC Four now, is full of repeats of content aired earlier in the night.
Anyway Family Guy started on Channel 4, then moved to BBC Two before it settled on BBC Three, I don't know why it moved to BBC Three, perhaps it just seemed a better home for it. Think American Dad was the same. There was a pattern to the Family Guy repeats, as I think they could only air them so many times a week, so most double bills ended up repeated later in the week (2 nights gap IIRC, so Monday's episodes appeared again on Wednesday ) and on the weekend, the so-called stacks which was basically an omnibus in everything but name of that week's episodes.
NJ
Just clicked it and I got to Page 5 of that thread.
If you're getting redirected that normally means you've bookmarked the URL (and changed the actual URL it goes to), or something else in your browser is redirecting you.
Neil Jones
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TV Forum: New for (the middle of) 2020
https://tvforum.uk/tvhome/bbc-three-return-2022-46716/page-5
This link takes me, for some reason, to Frank Bough's obituary on the BBC website. I can get to page 4 and page 6, but not page 5.
This link takes me, for some reason, to Frank Bough's obituary on the BBC website. I can get to page 4 and page 6, but not page 5.
Just clicked it and I got to Page 5 of that thread.
If you're getting redirected that normally means you've bookmarked the URL (and changed the actual URL it goes to), or something else in your browser is redirecting you.
NJ
What can be learnt from Fireman Sam is being a fireman is a cushy well paid job, you live in a big naff off house, you get to drive around in a big red truck all day, occasionally put out a small fire in two seconds and fix all of the village's problems in the space of a day, then be able to clock off at 4pm. If fiction looked anything like the reality we wouldn't have a firefighter shortage, lets put it that way
Neil Jones
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Turn on the Subtitles campaign
I'm not sure just what can really be learnt by reading the script on the bottom of the screen of old editions of Tracy Beeker or Fireman Sam.
What can be learnt from Fireman Sam is being a fireman is a cushy well paid job, you live in a big naff off house, you get to drive around in a big red truck all day, occasionally put out a small fire in two seconds and fix all of the village's problems in the space of a day, then be able to clock off at 4pm. If fiction looked anything like the reality we wouldn't have a firefighter shortage, lets put it that way
NJ
It can be done as an adult, learning a second language, you just can't use the methods that work for children, as they have nothing to fight against. You do. If you want your kid to be able to speak four languages, immerse them in it while they're still young. As an adult you have to put a heck of a lot more legwork in.
Neil Jones
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Turn on the Subtitles campaign
Yes, if you want to learn French or German or whatever once you grow up when your native tongue is English, it's considerably harder than it would be if you were single digit age. I studied French at GCSE level, didn't have a clue (neither did the rest of the class in all honesty), didn't really like it and surprised myself when I somehow managed to get a Grade C in it. I suspect I could have scribbled whatever the French is for "b*llocks" across the exam paper and still get an F.It can be done as an adult, learning a second language, you just can't use the methods that work for children, as they have nothing to fight against. You do. If you want your kid to be able to speak four languages, immerse them in it while they're still young. As an adult you have to put a heck of a lot more legwork in.
NJ
Effectively a long advert for the Crinkley Bottom theme park that used to be in Somerset, filmed mostly on location there and with the odd rehashed insert from the House Party.
Neil Jones
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What TV would look like if Mr Blobby was in charge of a channel, the so-called Blobby C One:Effectively a long advert for the Crinkley Bottom theme park that used to be in Somerset, filmed mostly on location there and with the odd rehashed insert from the House Party.